This is a survival game speed costs and kills and it s efficient.
Empyrion using solar panels.
For more power add more panels or replace your small.
Solar panel blocks are blocks used as an alternate source of power.
In this game if you try to use solar that is used first before power in the base.
This means in order to make a base sustainable you re looking at a maximum of 300kw of consumption.
So if your panels are enough you won t use any fuel.
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It is not the other way around.
In addition any generators present in the base will not consume fuel as long as there is ample solar energy stored in capacitors to meet the base s power needs.
Solar panels get power from the sun during the day and store their excess in the solar capacitor for when the panel isn t producing power.
Generators do still need a fuel tank and battery power overflow does not get stored as fuel.
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Also solar panels won t work if you have a generator in your base.
Solar panels have both sloped and horizontal varieties to enable more efficient.
There are no infinite sources in empyrion other than the trusty survival constructor and water so not dying and spending most of your time not just mining is pretty much about using energy efficiently.
What gave you that idea.
The best way to make use of solar energy is to set up device grouping in the control panel.
It must be paired with the capacitor solar to store the energy absorbed by the blocks.
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You would always be running off of the generators and fuel.
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Solar energy setups can be complicated and require some thought to become truly efficient.
Panel placement panel size weather and time of day all affect the output of solar panels.
You can combine solar and generators and the solar gets used first.
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So if you have too many devices turned on your batteries capacitors will never charge.
Solar capacitors will always prioritize using solar energy before burning fuel.
As a guide each panel can produce 50 60kw of power so you can produce up to about 1mw of power.